n

N is the fourteenth letter in the English alphabet.

(noun)

An example of n is the first letter in the word "natural."

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See n in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or N

noun pl. N's, n's

  1. the fourteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek nu, a borrowing from the Phoenician
  2. any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (n) of night
  3. a type or impression for n or N
  4. the fourteenth in a sequence or group
  5. Printing an en (half an em)
  6. an object shaped like

adjective

  1. of n or N
  2. fourteenth in a sequence or group
  3. shaped like

  1. Origin: L natus

    born
  2. Math. indefinite number
  3. nail
  4. name
  5. nano-
  6. national
  7. nephew
  8. net
  9. neuter
  10. Physics neutron
  11. new
  12. nominative
  13. noon
  14. north
  15. northern
  16. note
  17. noun
  18. number

  1. Chess knight
  2. National
  3. Navy
  4. neutral (on automotive automatic-shift indicators)
  5. newton
  6. Norse
  7. North
  8. north
  9. northern
  10. November

  1. Avogadro constant: often written N
  2. Chem. nitrogen

Elec. negative

or 'n

conjunction

and: an informal spelling: fish 'n' chips, fun 'n' games

See n in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or N

noun pl. N's n's or N's also ns or Ns
  1. The 14th letter of the modern English alphabet.
  2. Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter n.
  3. The 14th in a series.
  4. Something shaped like the letter N.

abbreviation
  1. Grammar neuter
  2. neutron
  3. also N Chemistry normal

The symbol for the element nitrogen.

abbreviation
  1. Printing en
  2. knight (chess)
  3. needs improvement
  4. newton
  5. nominative
  6. a. north
    b. northern

abbreviation
  1. Latin natus (born)
  2. Business net
  3. noun

abbreviation
Norse

or 'n

conjunction
Informal
Contraction of and: scratch 'n' sniff.

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